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Attempt to corner top judge hits brick wall
A CHEGUTU man's efforts to have the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) probe top judge, Justice Tendai Uchena for allegedly fraudulently releasing suspects who reportedly killed a Chegutu man for alleg...Published: 30 Jan 2023 at 07:12hrs | 588 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF heavyweights displace settlers
A Zanu-PF MP, a top government official and a business mogul with links to the ruling party are accused of displacing villagers at two farms in Chegutu under controversial circumstances.One of...Published: 25 Dec 2022 at 14:15hrs | 159 | by Staff reporter
Chaos as Zanu-PF heavyweights displace settlers
A Zanu-PF MP, a top government official and a business mogul with links to the ruling party are accused of displacing villagers at two farms in Chegutu under controversial circumstances.One of...Published: 18 Dec 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1391 | by Staff reporter
Sulu guards Dendera jealously
Ochestra Dendera kings boss Sulumani (Sulu) Chimbetu is not going back in music industry as he keeps the genre of Dendera relevant.Whil...Published: 27 Nov 2022 at 11:45hrs | 373 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Sulu mesmerises Harare
Dendera music lovers around Harare had something to smile about over the weekend as Orchestra Dendera Kings boss Sulumani "Sudza" Chimbetu lined up two sh...Published: 20 Nov 2022 at 15:46hrs | 926 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zifa dangle Super 8 Cup sweetener
ZIFA Northern Region Soccer League and its sponsors have gone out of their way to woo spectators to the Axis Solutions Super 8 Cup final between Simba Bhora and Golden Eagles on October 22.Alt...Published: 12 Oct 2022 at 05:41hrs | 311 | by Staff reporter
Dembare ride their luck
Dynamos 2 - 1 Harare CityTitle chasing Dynamos played poorly but still did enough to collect maximum points in a Castle Lager Premier Soccer League match in which they were completely dominated by...Published: 05 Sep 2022 at 06:40hrs | 402 | by Staff reporter
Zimbabweans commemorates Heroes Day
Zimbabweans from across the political divide, joined by Ministers, mayors and senior service officers, converged at venues across the country to commemorate Heroes Day and salute the fallen and living...Published: 09 Aug 2022 at 08:19hrs | 119 | by Staff reporter
Mohadi snubs agric show amid fears of CCC protest
FORMER State vice president, Kembo Mohadi Friday snubbed the 75th edition of Mashonaland West Agricultural Show 2022 after security details reportedly sniffed an alleged protest plot over his eligibil...Published: 06 Aug 2022 at 17:18hrs | 947 | by Staff reporter
Chinhoyi municipality bans use of farm bricks
JUNE 30 officially marks the date outlawing the use of farm bricks in property construction following their ban by Chinhoyi Municipality last year.Council had given residents a six-months grac...Published: 30 Jun 2022 at 06:50hrs | 1544 | by Staff reporter
Chimbetu shuns violence
Orchestra Dendera kings boss Sulumani "Sudza" Chimbetu told his legions of fans at a family show in Harare, Las Vegas Club to shun violence and love each ...Published: 27 Jun 2022 at 23:15hrs | 1009 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Zimbabwe's NPA jittery over murder suspects' fishy release
THE National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) has reportedly become evasive over its failure to investigate alleged fraudulent release of suspects who killed a Chegutu man for alleged maize theft in 2003....Published: 14 Jun 2022 at 06:42hrs | 574 | by Staff reporter
Mnangagwa invites Chamisa, ex-ministers to Uhuru celebrations
PRESIDENT Mnangagwa has said Independence was brought about by all Zimbabweans living or dead, hence he is inviting all political parties, current and former Government Ministers for the main celebrat...Published: 15 Apr 2022 at 19:21hrs | 2156 | by Staff reporter
No Covid-19 tests for Uhuru attendance
COVID-19 tests will not be required from vaccinated members of the public who want to attend the Independence Day main celebrations to be held at Barbourfields Stadium in Bulawayo on 18 April....Published: 09 Apr 2022 at 08:22hrs | 85 | by Staff reporter
Police recover AK 47 rifle, bullets in well
An AK 47 assault rifle with a magazine of 30 rounds and 19 automatic machine gun rounds of ammunition have been discovered hidden in a disused well at a primary school in Mangwe District, Matabeleland...Published: 08 Apr 2022 at 06:41hrs | 188 | by Staff reporter
WATCH: Sulu rocks Harare
Dendera king Sulumani Chimbetu and Ochestra Dendera kings yesterday rocked fans in Harare at Rogue bar.https://youtube.com/watch?v=B1vX...Published: 02 Apr 2022 at 12:42hrs | 1262 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Harare
WATCH: Franco joins Sulumani Chimbetu
Struggling Sungura musician Franco "Slomo" Dhaka yesterday joined Sulumani Chimbetu on stage at Leisure Centre in Chitungwiza.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=yCI7uV9fwpI...Published: 07 Mar 2022 at 05:21hrs | 1791 | by Simbarashe Sithole
WATCH: Chimbetu joins Chamisa
Dendera musician Tryson Chimbetu has endorsed Citizens Coaliation for Change leader Nelson Chamisa and performed at his star rally in Harare t...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 21:32hrs | 16534 | by Simbarashe Sithole in Highfield
Chamisa draws bumper crowd in maiden rally
TENS of thousands of Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) supporters braved the scorching heat of the afternoon Harare sun and a State-stirred hostile political atmosphere to throng the popular Zimbabw...Published: 20 Feb 2022 at 19:39hrs | 3894 | by Staff reporter
Sulu fails to pitch up for show
DENDERA musician Sulumani Chimbetu failed to pitch up for a scheduled family show at Spirtzkop Leisure Centre in Harare on Sunday.Instead, Afro-fusion musician Carlos Green ended up serenading...Published: 15 Feb 2022 at 05:38hrs | 593 | by Staff reporter
Army roped in to assist in arms cache probe
Police have requested the Zimbabwe National Army to assist in investigating the case in which 507 rounds of ammunition of a PKM machine gun were unearthed in a rusty box by a farmer in Magunje last Fr...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:30hrs | 630 | by Staff reporter
Farmer exhumes arms of war
A HURUNGWE farmer has unearthed arms of war believed to have been hidden in his field during the 1970s liberation struggle, NewsDay has learnt.National police spokesperson Assistant Commission...Published: 25 Jan 2022 at 05:28hrs | 728 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora denies recalling Chinhoyi MP, mayor
MDC-T president Douglas Mwonzora has rubbished claims his party has recalled Chinhoyi legislator, Peter Matarutse, the town's mayor Garikai Dendera, and another ward councillor from their positions....Published: 21 Aug 2021 at 07:23hrs | 3 | by Staff reporter
Mwonzora axes Chinhoyi MP, mayor
CHINHOYI Constituency legislator, Dr Peter Mataruse and Chinhoyi Municipality Mayor and Ward 5 Councillor Garikai Dendera have been axed from their positions in the latest opposition party purge....Published: 19 Aug 2021 at 16:37hrs | 21 | by Staff reporter
Sulu scoffs at family rift narrative
Dendera musician Sulumani Chimbetu says he is not moved by those trying to sidetrack him from keeping his father's legacy alive through peddling falsehoods about an imaginary family rift.Sulum...Published: 15 Aug 2021 at 08:54hrs | 15 | by Staff reporter
Police fire tear gas on mourners
POLICE in Chinhoyi have courted the ire of local residents after indiscriminately deploying tear-smoke in the populous Chikonohono township, forcing a group of mourners to desert a funeral in a hurry....Published: 04 Aug 2021 at 10:03hrs | 1 | by Staff reporter
NetOne Launches OneAlbum
A musical feast was served as the country's first cellular network operator NetOne unveiled a compilation album titled One World....Published: 16 Jul 2021 at 17:36hrs | 12 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Mliswa warns Sulu
OUTSPOKEN legislator, Temba Mliswa has advised Dendera maestro, Sulumani Chimbetu not to involve himself in politics, but to stick to his music.The counsel comes after Chimbetu, popularly know...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 17:14hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Sulu's song angers Zanu-PF
DENDERA ace Sulumani Chimbetu has courted the ire of a Zanu-PF party-linked youth group through his song whose lyrics seem to condemn the November 2017 military coup that ushered in President Emmerson...Published: 16 Jun 2021 at 08:26hrs | | by Staff reporter
When clowns sup at State House, it's trouble, serious trouble!
Pretoria mornings are now cold. It is a geographical axiom winter is for chills.Increasingly here, the weather is biting and unrelenting like a witch's tit as assumed.Early morning jog...Published: 13 Jun 2021 at 18:40hrs | 7 | by Josiah Mucharowana in Pretoria
Sulu in political storm
SULUMANI Chimbetu has apparently always been a political animal, and is often seen in the company of prominent activists. His latest gambit, however, could prove disastrous.Pictures of the den...Published: 12 Jun 2021 at 07:54hrs | 13 | by Staff reporter
Man kills girl, steals her groceries
A HURUNGWE man was yesterday arrested for allegedly killing a 15-year-old girl and stealing groceries she had bought from nearby shops.National police spokesperson Assistant Commissioner Paul ...Published: 13 Mar 2021 at 06:51hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor's bid to remove Chinhoyi mayor suffers a set-back
Zanu-PF Chinhoyi councillor Vorster Mashevedzanwa's bid to stop town mayor Garikai Dendera from discharging his duties has suffered a set-back after the High Court threw out an application filed by th...Published: 08 Mar 2021 at 19:25hrs | 19 | by Staff reporter
Soul Jah Love's dodgy hero status divides opinion
THE ruling Zanu-PF party's decision to declare the late Zimdancehall chanter Soul Jah Love - born Soul Musaka - a liberation war hero has inadvertently raised political dust and left internet users di...Published: 19 Feb 2021 at 07:19hrs | 12 | by Staff reporter
Zanu-PF councillor guns for Chinhoyi mayor's ouster
ZANU-PF Chinhoyi Ward 11 councillor, Vorster Mashevedzanwa who contested and narrowly lost an election to choose a new mayor for the town last December, has lodged a High Court bid to stop the incumbe...Published: 16 Feb 2021 at 06:20hrs | 14 | by Staff reporter
Divisions rock Chinhoyi MDC Alliance councillors
Tensions continue to mount in MDC-Alliance amid revelations that six Chinhoyi councillors who survived last year's purges by MDC-T now led by Mr Douglas Mwonzora are squabbling over the recently held ...Published: 04 Jan 2021 at 23:02hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Khupe ally snatches Chinhoyi Mayoral post
LITTLE KNOWN MDC-T councillor, Garikayi Dendera surprised all-and-sundry Friday when he got nomination to contest the Chinhoyi mayoral post which he went on to win during elections held at Town House....Published: 12 Dec 2020 at 06:55hrs | 4 | by Staff reporter
Allan Chimbetu reignites Dendera mood on new album
When Allan Chimbetu announced a few weeks ago that he would be bouncing back into the showbiz industry with an album titled "Urgent Matter", Dendera music fans were upbeat about itFor years th...Published: 17 Nov 2020 at 13:44hrs | 5 | by Simbarashe Mwandipendaa
Allan Chimbetu returns
When Allan Chimbetu took a sabbatical to music industry he has shelved songs he intended to release sometime in future.While doing some menial jobs, the musician was just penning songs though ...Published: 05 Nov 2020 at 09:51hrs | 37 | by Tarisai Mudahondo
Police to pounce on music gigs
SEVERAL artistes who continue to stage illegal live concerts attracting huge numbers in defiance of the Covid-19 restrictions face the full wrath of the law, police have warned. The honeymoon ...Published: 25 Oct 2020 at 08:22hrs | 38 | by Staff reporter
Calls to boycott Mafikizolo concert due to xenophobia
There are widespread calls on social media to boycott the Mafikizolo's Back in Town Concert in protest against the xenophobic attacks targeted at foreigners - including millions of Zimbabweans - in So...Published: 04 Sep 2019 at 12:51hrs | 1289 | by Staff reporter
Low turnout at Sulu's birthday bash
DENDERA musician Sulumani Chimbetu's 37 birthday bash was poorly attended at Mushandirapamwe hotel in Highfield on Saturday night following high admission fee which was beyond the reach of many....Published: 08 Jun 2019 at 19:31hrs | 2910 | by Simbarashe Sithole
Elliot craze spills into showbiz
DENDERA musician Suluman Chimbetu has had his band members referred to as "Elliot" because of their white stage attire.The name Elliot arose from the alleged resurrection miracle at a church i...Published: 09 Apr 2019 at 14:45hrs | | by Staff reporter
Chimbetu's 'lovechild' preaches unity
Dendera musician Chamson Boroma, affectionately known as Aforomani, has released a six-track album titled Tiripamwe laden with social commentaries.Boroma, who claims to be the son of the late ...Published: 17 Feb 2019 at 08:12hrs | 1048 | by Staff reporter
'Jah Prayzah must cut army ties'
At one time the wearing of military clothes caught up with Zimbabweans but it quickly fizzled out after government outlawed it.But there was one person who continued to don the army uniform wi...Published: 04 Feb 2019 at 15:02hrs | 5274 | by Maxwell Sibanda
Jah Prayzah 'stunt' angers Mai TT
Online comedian Mai TT has criticised Jah Prayzah for what she believes was a publicity stunt by the contemporary musician when he pushed disabled singer Greatman at Tuku's tribute concert last week. ...Published: 30 Jan 2019 at 22:58hrs | 3508 | by Staff reporter
Charambas charm villagers
THE 'First Family' of gospel music, Charles and Olivia Charamba, on Tuesday proved they were still in the game after putting up a scintillating performance during a Christmas party held in the remote ...Published: 28 Dec 2018 at 20:47hrs | 400 | by Staff reporter
Rapist uncle jailed 12 years
A 35-YEAR-OLD Hurungwe man has been jailed to an effective 12 years for raping his 14-year-old niece on several occasions.Regional magistrate Solomon Jemwa said the convict, from Matamba villa...Published: 07 Sep 2018 at 07:08hrs | | by Staff reporter
These Elections are a Win-Win for Mthwakazi Voters
Why now? The harmonised elections taking part tomorrow in Zimbabwe present an opportunity for Mthwakazi voters. For the first time since independence, the v...Published: 29 Jul 2018 at 23:20hrs | 1452 | by BMV
Koffi Olomide jets in early
VISITING CONGOLESE rhumba giant, Koffi Olomide, will be arriving in the country two days before his much-publicised show in the capital, event organisers say.Show coordinators say Koffi will b...Published: 25 Jul 2018 at 17:57hrs | 1513 | by Staff reporter
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